Hygienic telephone appliance.



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APPLIOATION FILED EPT.12.1906.

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CHARLES'HQMOLYNEUX AND-MAX BRAUNSTEIN, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

` HYGIENIC TELEPHONE APPLIANCE.

To all whom it may concern:

i: Be it known that we, CHARLES H. MoLYnUX and Max lnsuws'rnin, citizens of the United States, residing atliochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvement's in Hygienic Telephone Appliances, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a hygienic appliance for the transmitters and receivers of telephones and the mouthpieces ol speaking tubes and thelike,'the object of the invention beingl to provide a simple and inexpensive device whereby a germ-arresting strip ol paper or other suitable material may be supported in position and adjusted across the mouth-piece 4to prevent contamination of the latter and the transmission of diseases, the construction being such as to permit of the ready and convenient application and removal of anew and used strip, as well as the yattachment of the device with iacility to the mouth-piece ol the' telephone for use.

The invention consists ol the novel features of construction, coinbination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention to a telephone. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the appliance. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the upper holder or casing. Fig. 4 is a similar view el" the lower casing. Fig. 5 is a cross section through the lower casing on the line 5-5 ot Fig', 4.

As shown in the drawings, the frame of the device.

comprises a pair of holders or easings 1 and 2 .arranged one above theV other and connected by an intermediate clamp 3, adapted loi' securing said frame to a telephone or other mouth-piece. ln the form show-n, the clamp is Composed'of companion members 4 ol semi-circular form to provide a circular clamp to embrace the mouthpiece, said members being intermcdiately fixed to the` casings in any preferred manner and having their free ends bent outward and pierced for the reception ol con nee-ting screws or bolts 5, whereby they arend j ustably united to embrace the n'iouth-pioco and respectively support the casings 1 and 2 above and below the saine, as shown in Fig.. 1.

lach easing is preferably constructed ol' shoot metal and is of substantially cylindrical forni, the body of the upper casing being provided at its lower l'ront portion with an outlet. slot or passage t3, l'orining a guide for the hygienic strip, as hereinal'l or desi-ri bod. The said easing is closed at one end by a fixed wall 7 and at its opposite ond by a hinged door b5, adapted to be fastened in closed position by any suitable typo ol fastening, such' stom or spindle l0 is fixed to and supported by the wall 7, and extends longitudinally within said easing l to torni a shalt for supporting Specification of Letters Patent. Application liled September 12, 1906. Serial No. 334,382.

Patented July 9, 1907.

a roll 11 of tissue paper or other suitable material which is adapted to be extended across the front of the telephone mouth-piece l2 to prevent contamination thereof.

The lower casing 2 is closed at one endby a stationary wall 13, and at its opposite end bya hinged door '14 similar in construction to the door 8 and adapted to be secured in closediposition by a catch 15. The

body of this casing is formed of anupper stationary 'half or section 16, and a lower swingingsection 17 hinged or pivoted at its rear, as at 18, to said section 16, thus adapting the section 17 to swiugdownward and to be held in normal position by the door 14, which latter is preferably provided with a flange 19 or any other suitable means to forma close joint and retain the section 17 in closed position.

A shaft or spindle 20 is journaled at one end on the door 14, and is free to swing therewith', and is provided at its outer end with a crank or other suitable operating device 21, whereby it may be turned to wind up the used portion of the hygienicv strip. This shalt is provided with a hinged clamp 22 to tasten the free end of the strip thereto and carries a ratchet wheel 23, adapted to be engaged by a spring pawl 24 on the hinged door 14, to hold said shaft against retrogrado rotation.

tension across the l'nouth-piece and prevent wrinkling' thereof.A

ln the operation of applying a roll of the hygienic material, the door 8 of the upper 4casing l is opened, I i

the roll slipped upon the shalt or spindle l0, the free i end oi the str ip passed through-tho slot G and across the mouth-piece and clamped by the strip 22 to the shaft 20, and the casings closed to prevent contamination ol' the unused portion of the strip and the escape l ol germs or other matter arrested and taken up by the used portion. 'lhe casing 2 is opened lor the application o the strip to the shalt 2() by swinging the door outwardly, thus allowing the section l17 to drop down by gravity, Wlu.reupon the l'ree end of the strip may `be clamped to said shalt, after which the section 17 is swung upwardly. and the door 14 closed. lhe strip is ol' sullicicnt width to extend trans ely across and close thel mouth-piece 12, and is pr( arably provided at'regular intervals with ruled lilies or other indications ,2('S, dividing the saine into portions of sullcient the hands of the operator.

.relatively stationary und openable sections, a roll support vthereto, combined with means connecting sold cnsings and length to cover the mouth-piece in al vertical direction, thus enabling the user oi the telephone to adjust the sti-ipa. prescribed distance with certainty to bring an unused portion into position for use. lIt will be understood that the operation of propelling the strip across the mouth-piece is effected by winding up a portion of the strip on the shaft 20 through the medium of the operating device 2l, ,rtrograde movement of the strip being prevented by/the pawl and ratchet. When the strip has been, completely used Iand wound. in roll form upon the shaft 20, it may be conveniently removed by opening the casing 2 and ysliding the roll longitudinally oft the shaft. Ii desired, the end oi the'strip mounted on the shalt l0, mey-beleft unruled for a suicient distance, which unruled portieri. will not be extended across the mouth-pieceoi use as agerm barrier but will form a clean covering for the used'rolifreinoved from theshaft 20, to permit the material to be removed from the latter' Without danger oi the used portion of the material coming directly in Contact with The mode of operation oi the device'will be readily understood irorn the foregoing-description, and it will be seen that the invention provides a simple and in# expensive construction oi device for preventing contamination of the transmitter and which enables the germ-arresting strip to be. conveniently adjusted with ,certainty by the user oi the telephone to bring a fresh portion. across the mouth-piece. It will .be further seen that by inclosing and protecting the unused portionofthe strip and winding the; used portion withinzelosure, thelia-bility of the transmission of diseases fromthe .contamination oi the unused portion or infection from'the used portion, will be ettectually ob-l viated. .l

Having thus described the invention, whatI we claim is:-

1. In a device of the character described, the combina;

tion of :i pair of casngs, each of said cusings being provided with a door, and one of the casings consisting of inthoirstnarned casing, und a winding shaft carried by the door of the other casing.

2. A device o1 the character described comprising an upA per `casing having means for supporting a rolled strip of material therein, il lower casing having a hinged section :1nd a hinged door adapted to hold: said section in' closed position, and a winding shaft carried by saiddoor and-A provided with means for' securing the free end of the strip adapted to fristen the same to l:i mouth piece.

3. A device of the characr described comprising un npence of two witnesses.

per caslngihav-ing n stationary shaft to support a rolled strip. of material and a door, a lowercasing comprising relatively-fixed and 'movable sectionsand a hinged door, a

'winding shnft carriedv by said door, and means for prevent-A ing retrograde movement of said shaft.

4. A device of the character described comprising a pair of caslngs provided respectively with eduction and induction slotsra door upon one end vWall of the casing having the eductlon slot, a shaft fixed at one end to the opposite end wall of said casing und having its free end facing the door, winding means within the other casing, and a clamp connecting-said casing and adapted for coupling the same ther provided Ywith an eduction slot and the other with un induction slot, a roll support in the first named casing, and'a winding shaft carried by the door casing. 6. A device of the character described comprising two independent chambers or casings, euch carrying one of the membersof a sectional clump, said czlslngs being i'espectively provided with means for supporting andlwlnding a hygienic strip within und from one casing across the space between the samehnd the other casing and into the latter named cnslngs, said casings being further provided with slots for the passage' of said strip, und ciosures for the introduction und removal of n roll and wound stripywhereby' all the used strip except that portion e'x tending between the casngs is inolosed and lshielded thereby, and meansfor connecting the sections of the clnnip to unite the sections and sec-nre the sume upon n mouth piece. l v

7. A device of 'the character described comprising l1 pair of cnsings, onehaving means for supporting u rolled hygi- Yenic strip therein, and the other casing being provided with menus for winding the ,Strip therein from suid roll and composed ofstationary and swinging sectionsand having u door adapted when closedto hold saidsections connected, and meunsfor connecting said casings andv securing the same to a mouth piece, 8. A device of thecharacter described comprising n pair of 'cylindrical casings respectively provided with eductlon and induction slots, said cusings being further provided with doors, one-of the casings comprising stationnrynnd swinging sections, thelntter being adapted to be held closed by the door thereof, a stationary roll supporting spindle xed to awall of the other casing opposite 'the door thereof, and a winding shaft carried hy-'tho doorof the sectional casing, conibined with means for connecting said casing undsecuring the same to a mouth piece.'-

in testimony wl1ereof,we niiix oursgnatures in prescHARLEs H.- MOLXNEUX MAX BRAUNSTEIN.' Witnesses: ,y v-

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